Baltimore City Takes a Stand against Violent Students

If you listened to the radio today in Baltimore, you got an earful on the Baltimore Sun story about city school students being permanently expelled for arson and other violent type acts.  The fact that some people called in and said it was a racist school system seemed to be missing the fact that students need to be safe at school.  In Baltimore, the new superintendent of schools made it clear that there would be zero-tolerance for violent offenders in the school system.  He has backed up his words with actions and it appears from the facts presented that overall school violence is down and the number of students suspended is down.  The number of permanent suspensions is up from 9 to 34 in one year.  But perhaps this harder line on violence has made other students actually stop and think before they do something that they know is wrong.  This is a great example of a leader leading.  Good luck going forward.  What do you think?  What's your POV?

Summer Vacations

It is that time of year, we just sent a check for about $1,200 to stay one week at the beach in New Jersey.  We always have a great time when we get down there and always say we should have booked a couple weeks. What are some ideas for summer vacations.

Check out VRBO.com for some cheap places to stay... dg

Hubble getting a tune up

The Hubble telescope has been wowing us for such a long time. The repair mission is very important to the furtherance of science and our understanding of the the universe. I hope that the repairs go well and that everyone is returned safely to Earth... dg